"Hopper lived in Greenwood, Mississippi. He worked as a cotton broker during the baseball offseason. Hopper is portrayed by Brett Cullen in ""42"", the 2013 biopic about Robinson. Clay Hopper Robert Clay Hopper (October 3, 1902 – April 17, 1976) was an American professional baseball player and manager in minor league baseball. Hopper played from 1926 through 1941, and continued managing through 1956. Managing the Montreal Royals of the International League in 1946, Hopper served as Jackie Robinson's first manager in integrated baseball. Hopper was named manager of the year with the Royals in 1946 and with the Portland Beavers"
"claimed it was a routine brushback pitch without racist intent. There was no fight on the mound afterwards. The climactic scene in which Robinson hit a home run to clinch the National League pennant for the Dodgers came in the top of the fourth inning of the game, did not clinch the victory (it made the score 1–0, and the Dodgers eventually won 4–2), and did not clinch the pennant; the Dodgers clinched at least a tie for the pennant on that day before clinching the pennant the next day. 42 (film) 42 is a 2013 American biographical sports film"
"his career he batted .263 with 86 home runs and 421 RBIs in 1005 games played. Charles served as a scout for the Mets, and coached the Kingsport Mets. He worked with at-risk youth in group homes in The Bronx. Charles died on March 15, 2018 at the age of 84. Ed Charles appears in the 2013 movie ""42"", played by Dusan Brown. The scene depicts Charles' meeting with Jackie Robinson, when (after Jackie's train had long since departed) Charles dashed out and put his ear to the train tracks, enthusiastically declaring that he could still hear the train. Ed"
"Peterson. It moved from its original small, single-room office inside the Lincoln Building at historic 18th & Vine Streets in Kansas City to a space in 1994. Three years later, in 1997, the museum relocated again, to a , purpose-built structure five times the previous size. An advance screening of the movie ""42"", a biographical film about the life of Jackie Robinson, who played for the Kansas City Monarchs prior to breaking baseball's color barrier, was held in Kansas City on April 11, 2013, a day before its nationwide release, as a benefit for the NLBM. Actor Harrison Ford, one"
"and the 2009 state AAAAA baseball champions. In 2009 Pope's volleyball team won the state AAAAA championship, and in 2010 the volleyball team won the AAAA Championship. Pope was re-classed into 4A in 2010 due to enrollment numbers. Former baseball standout Brandon Boggs currently plays for the Atlanta Braves; he was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft. Another baseball standout, and former football player, Clint O'Brien earned a college baseball scholarship and was a featured actor in the film ""42,"" the story about baseball legend Jackie Robinson, starring Harrison Ford."
"made a cameo appearance as a judge during a scene involving an audition for a music school. During the scene Billy Crystal's grandson takes to the stage and recites the radio broadcast of, ""The Shot Heard Round the World."" Branca was portrayed by Hamish Linklater in the 2013 film ""42"", a biographical sports drama about Robinson's career. Branca was the subject of the 2013 documentary ""Branca's Pitch,"" produced by Andrew J. Muscato. Branca married Ann Mulvey, whose parents were part-owners of the Dodgers, in 1951, shortly after giving up the famous home run. Their daughter, Mary, married baseball player Bobby"
"#42 regularly. Art Silber, owner and coach of the Nationals' Class-A Affiliate Potomac, wears the number 42 as well. The Los Angeles Dodgers, for whom Robinson played (as a Brooklyn Dodger), had already retired the number in 1972 before Robinson's death. However, the #42 would be worn by a number of players other than Rivera in 2007, which marked the 60th anniversary of Robinson's first appearance in Major League Baseball (the event that broke the sport's 20th-century color line). Before the season, then-Cincinnati Reds outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. asked Robinson's widow, Rachel Robinson, and MLB Commissioner Bud Selig for permission"
"of Fame baseball career. Although Robinson never wore #42 at UCLA, the school chose it because of its indelible identification with Robinson. In 2011, Michigan Wolverines football unretired all of the numbers that it had retired to create legends jerseys worn by its best players. The unretired jerseys were Bennie Oosterbaan's No. 47, Gerald Ford's No. 48, Ron Kramer's No. 87, The Wistert Brothers' (Whitey Wistert, Al Wistert, Alvin Wistert) No. 11 and Tom Harmon's No. 98. In 2015, the Legends program was discontinued, and the numbers re-retired. On December 18, 2017, Kobe Bryant became the only player in the"
"to the best player of each game between the schools' men's basketball teams since the 1972–73 season. In 2014, Smith was the recipient of sports journalism's prestigious Red Smith Award. Andre Holland portrayed Smith in the 2013 film ""42"", which tells the story of Jackie Robinson's selection to play for the Dodgers, his professional ordeals, and his early minor and major league play. Wendell Smith Wendell Smith (March 23, 1914 – November 26, 1972) was an African American sportswriter who was influential in the choice of Jackie Robinson to become the first African American player in Major League Baseball in"
"at U.S. Cellular Field. It is the eighth statue on the outfield concourse. Thomas was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014 with 83.7% of the vote in his initial year of eligibility, and was inducted as a member of the White Sox on July 27, 2014. He is the first, and so far only, player inducted into the Hall of Fame who played more games as a designated hitter than as a position player. Thomas appeared in the 1992 film ""Mr. Baseball"" (as a hot-prospect rookie wearing #68 named Ricky Davis who forces Tom Selleck's character"
"1997. In many ways, his contributions anticipated the phenomenon of blogging, several years before that term became known to the general public. Raised a Catholic, Nitkowski converted to Evangelical Christianity after an incident in which his son nearly drowned in a swimming pool during spring training in 2002. In May 2012, Nitkowski was filmed playing the role of former MLB player Dutch Leonard for a scene in the motion picture ""42"", which chronicles Jackie Robinson's life story. Coincidentally, the footage was shot in Engel Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the ballpark where Nitkowski first broke into professional baseball as a first-round"
", Sukeforth retired as a coach at the end of the 1957 season. Sukeforth remained in the Pirates organization as a scout and occasional minor league manager through . He then worked as a scout for the Atlanta Braves. Sukeforth died at the age of ninety-eight at his home in Waldoboro, Maine. Sukeforth appears in the Norman Rockwell painting ""Bottom of the Sixth"". He was interviewed in Ken Burns's 1994 documentary ""Baseball"". In ""42"", the 2013 theatrical sports film about Robinson's breaking of the baseball color line, Sukeforth — played by actor Toby Huss — is portrayed as meeting Robinson"
"fielder, told the ""USA Today"" that he won't wear number 42 because ""I just don't feel I'm worthy of it."" Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson, both Baseball Hall of Famers, threw the ceremonial first pitches, and fellow Hall of Famers Joe Morgan and Dave Winfield were on hand. Actors Courtney B. Vance and Marlon Wayans also attended the Jackie Robinson Day ceremony. Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson sang ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" before the games started. More than 240 players wore number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson's retired number, including the entire team rosters of the Los Angeles Dodgers, New"
"The Pride of the Yankees The Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 American film produced by Samuel Goldwyn, directed by Sam Wood, and starring Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, and Walter Brennan. It is a tribute to the legendary New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, who died only one year before its release, at age 37, from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which later became known to the lay public as ""Lou Gehrig's disease"". Though subtitled ""The Life of Lou Gehrig"", the film is less a sports biography than an homage to a heroic and widely loved sports figure whose tragic"
"Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories is a 2013 American biographical sports film. The movie is an independent film about the life of Major League Baseball player Roberto Clemente who wore jersey number 21. It is the first feature dramatic film on Clemente's life and was written and directed by California filmmaker and Pittsburgh native Richard Rossi and stars two-time Olympian high-jumper Jamie Nieto in the title role of Roberto Clemente and Project Runway Winner Marilinda Rivera as his wife Vera Clemente. Rossi searched for some time and had difficulty casting the lead. ""I'd"
"played baseball for 22 years, setting the records for home runs at 714 and holding that record until 1974 when Hank Aaron surpassed it. Ruth is credited with changing the game of baseball in America, and his hometown wanted to present his accomplishments by dedicating a statue to him and his legend. Luery portrayed Ruth as a fierce competitor as he is gazing out into the future. “A man looking at his destiny,” is how Susan Luery put it. “His poise was in the sense of determination that he was a great player,” she said. “He’s facing out – he"
"Red Sox and Mets, were allowed to keep it under a grandfather clause if they were wearing the number in honor of Jackie Robinson. The clause also permitted such players who changed teams after the retirement date to retain #42 with their new team if it was available; thus, Vaughn (Red Sox, Angels, and Mets), Mike Jackson (Indians and Twins), and José Lima (Astros and Tigers) became the last players to wear the number #42 with two or more teams. With the retirement of Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees following the 2013 season, no MLB player currently wears"
"Conference Baseball Tournaments, won by Georgia Southern and Hardin–Simmons, respectively. Luther Williams Field was used for location shooting in the 1976 film ""The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings"". Luther Williams Field stood in for a fictional Negro League ballpark in St. Louis, Missouri. It was also used as a location in 2012 for two motion pictures, the Harrison Ford movie ""42"", chronicling the baseball legend Jackie Robinson, and Clint Eastwood's ""Trouble with the Curve"". It was also used to film baseball scenes in the television show ""Brockmire"". Numerous Major League stars have played at Luther Williams, whether on"
"won the World Series. Currently, he works with the Cincinnati Reds as an advising batting coach to scouted players. Leron Lee Leron Lee (born March 4, 1948) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played 8 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres. He was the inspiration for the 1992 film ""Mr. Baseball"", as Leron was the first Major League player to move to Japan at the height of his career and to wed a Japanese woman. Lee, the oldest of six children, graduated from Grant High School in"
"the New York Giants during the 1950 midseason and made his last major appearance on June 30, 1951. Following his playing career, Jorgensen coached the Fair Oaks American Legion team that won the North Division championship in 1967. Dusty Baker had been a member of that team. After that, Jorgensen worked as a scout for the Chicago Cubs for more than two decades. In 1996, Jorgensen was in the first class of inductees into the Sacramento City College Athletic Hall of Fame. Jorgensen died in Rancho Cucamonga, California, just three days after his 84th birthday. In the film ""42"", Jorgensen"
"the players and a descriptive paragraph. The number 42 was retired throughout Major League Baseball in honor of Jackie Robinson on April 15, 1997, the 50th anniversary of his breaking the color barrier. The day was declared Jackie Robinson Day, and was later observed by all of baseball, with select players from every team wearing the number 42. Players who wore No. 42 at the time were allowed to continue to wear it until they left the team with which they played on April 15, 1997; Mariano Rivera was the last active player covered under that grandfather clause. While other"
"wife of 61 years, Sara, died in 2012. They were married in October 1951, shortly after he played in the 1951 World Series. Bobby Brown (third baseman) Robert William Brown (born October 25, 1924) is a former third baseman and executive in professional baseball who served as president of the American League from to . He also was a physician who studied for his medical degree during his eight-year (-52, ) career as a player with the New York Yankees. Brown, born in Seattle, Washington, attended Galileo Academy of Science and Technology in San Francisco, then Stanford University and UCLA"
"38 years old when the new season began, and simply decided to retire. Nevertheless, in a gesture that transcends this heated rivalry, Robinson's retired blue Dodger numeral '42' hangs in the Giants' home ballpark, AT&T Park, just as it does at all other MLB ballparks in remembrance of Robinson's breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Like Robinson, Willie Mays refused to sign with the Dodgers after the season, and was traded to the New York Mets, the National League successor to both the Giants and Dodgers in New York. Cy Young Award winners Tim Lincecum of the Giants"
"Major League Baseball in 1997, but Mo Vaughn was one of a handful of players to continue wearing #42 through a grandfather clause. He last wore it for the team in 1998. In commemoration of Jackie Robinson Day, MLB invited players to wear the number 42 for games played on April 15, Coco Crisp (CF), David Ortiz (DH), and DeMarlo Hale (Coach) did that in 2007 and again in 2008. Starting in 2009, MLB had all uniformed players for all teams wear #42 for Jackie Robinson Day. While not officially retired, the Red Sox have not issued several numbers since"
"gloves, and other artifacts from stars such as Josh Gibson, the ""Black Babe Ruth."" An impressive aspect of the museum is the Field of Legends. Separated from the visitor at the entrance by chicken wire, it is accessible only at the end of the tour. One can walk onto a field adorned by nearly life-sized bronze statues of twelve figures from Negro league history. Crouching behind the plate is Gibson, one of the most prolific hitters in baseball history, a man who allegedly hit over 80 home runs in one season. At first base is another Baseball Hall of Famer,"
"on the field. In 2013, the Yankees retired his uniform number 42; he was the last major league player to wear the number full-time, following its league-wide retirement in honor of Jackie Robinson. Rivera has been involved in philanthropic causes and the Christian community through the Mariano Rivera Foundation. He is considered to be a strong candidate for the Baseball Hall of Fame once he is eligible. Mariano Rivera was born in Panama City, Panama, on November 29, 1969, to Mariano Rivera Palacios and Delia Jiron. The couple's second child, Rivera has one older sister, Delia, and two younger brothers,"
"hits than anyone in the history of the game he loved. 4192: The Crowning of the Hit King is a love letter to baseball that highlights the playing career of one of the game's most honored and controversial stars. It is a story that began in 1963 when Rose ran to first base on a walk. It spanned more than two decades and brought numerous individual awards as well as three World Series titles. But there is more to this story than just awards. It is about baseball and what drove this man to chase what many thought was an"
"through 2005, when he was an instructor for the Seattle Mariners. McLish was inducted to the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. McLish and his wife, Ruth, were married for 60 years. He had a daughter, three sons, and thirteen grandchildren. McLish died of leukemia in Edmond, Oklahoma. Cal McLish Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish (December 1, 1925 – August 26, 2010), nicknamed ""Bus"", was an American professional baseball player and coach. As a pitcher, McLish played in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1944, 1946), Pittsburgh Pirates (1947–48), Chicago Cubs (1949, 1951), Cleveland Indians (1956–59), Cincinnati"
"and produce a Jackie Robinson biopic with Brian Helgeland on board to write and direct, under a distribution deal with Warner Bros. Legendary collaborated with Robinson’s widow, Rachel Robinson, to ensure the authenticity of her husband’s story. She had previously been involved with Redford's project. ""42"" was filmed primarily in Macon, Georgia, Birmingham, Alabama, and Chattanooga, Tennessee. Some interior scenes were shot at Atlanta Film Studios Paulding County in Hiram, Georgia. Most of the interior stadium shots were filmed at Engel Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Utilizing old photographs and stadium blueprints, Ebbets Field, Shibe Park, The Polo Grounds, Crosley Field,"
"Dodgers) ended approximately 80 years of baseball segregation, also known as the baseball color line, or color barrier. He also was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, remembered for his services with the number 42 jersey. The gala is celebrated at varied ballparks by Major League team players. On that one day, all players, coaches, and managers on both teams, and the umpires, wear #42 on their jerseys. Shea Stadium was one of the prominent venues hosting the event, having commemorated the retirement of Robinson's number 42 jersey in . Bob DuPuy, the President and Chief Operating"
"6 Saves, 1,134 Innings Pitched, 1,172 Hits Allowed, 616 Runs Allowed, 552 Earned Runs Allowed, 92 Home Runs Allowed, 566 Walks Allowed, 444 Strikeouts, 13 Hit Batsmen, 19 Wild Pitches, 4,993 Batters Faced, 3 Balks and a 4.38 ERA. He died in Fort Myers, Florida at the age of 74. Joe Coleman (baseball, born 1922) Joseph Patrick Coleman (July 30, 1922 – April 9, 1997) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1942 to 1955 for the Philadelphia Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, and Detroit Tigers. The native of Medford, Massachusetts was the father of"
"The story was the subject of a book of baseball lore by Michael G. Bryson called ""The Twenty-Four-Inch Home Run."" It was also the inspiration for the children's book, ""Mudball"" by Matt Tavares, which won the 2005 Parents' Choice Awards Gold Award. In the ""Author's Note"" Tavares describes the story of Oyler's home run as being folklore. Andy Oyler Andrew Paul (Pepper) Oyler (May 5, 1880 – October 24, 1970) was a Major League Baseball third baseman. He was born in Newville, Pennsylvania and attended Washington & Jefferson College. He played professionally for the Baltimore Orioles in the season. In"
"Ostermueller was portrayed in the film ""42"" by Linc Hand. In the film, Ostermueller hits Jackie Robinson with a high pitch, but in a subsequent game Robinson hits a game winning home run off him. In reality Ostermueller's first inning pitch hit Robinson on the left wrist, not his head, and he claimed it was a routine brushback pitch without racist intent. There was no fight on the mound afterwards. The climactic scene in which Robinson hit a home run to clinch the National League pennant for the Dodgers came in the top of the fourth inning of the game,"